Moberly Parks and Rec. met

Thursday

Apr 18, 2013 at 10:56 AMApr 18, 2013 at 10:58 AM

Atina RobertsMMI Reporter

Moberly Parks and Recreation met Tuesday (April 16) night to discussion upcoming projects. To start off the meeting, the board secretary, Carla Beal, shared a thank you letter from Family Life Fellowship for the donation of several thousand plastic eggs.

Parks and Recreations Director Troy Bock offered background for the donation: “We partner with several projects with Family Life Fellowship, and like to give back when we can. One example: for the Fourth of July festivities, they loaned us their bounce house at no charge.”

The board went on to discuss needed improvements for the plumbing at the Auditorium. Currently, the Auditorium still has the original galvanized plumbing, and the Parks and Rec.. office would like to upgrade that to something that is safer. They have had the water tested, and the results came back normal. Galvanized pipe typically has a life span of 50 years, then will start to rust on from the inside out; due to the rust issue, the building does have several Pur filters installed, along with a Culligan system.

Plans are underway for a new memorial garden. Lowe’s has donated 30 rose bushes, and another donation was made of a bench. Board member David Wood voiced concerned.

“If we start with just a bench and rose bushes,” he said, “we will be limiting ourselves with the main structure.”

Parks and Recreation employees are looking forward to the weather cooperating and being able to enjoy the park with the local community. During the recent citizen survey, the park faired very well, with 88 percent of those surveyed showing that they view the park appearance as good or excellent.